Elleanthus brasiliensis [Lindl.] Rchb. f. 1862
Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista
Plant and Flowers in situ Brazil
Photo by © Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes
Common Name The Brazilian Ellanthus
Found in Brazil and Bolivia? at elevations of 700 to 1200 meters as a large to giant sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte with erect stems carrying alternate, dark green, lanceolate, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, to 25 flowered inflorescence carry flowers in a sticky gel.
Synonyms *Evelyna brasiliensis Lindl. 1843;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 10: 34 Schlechter Bolivia 1922; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945 drawing ok; Flora Brasilica Vol XII II Hoehne 1945 as E brasilensis var hookeriana drawing good; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as E brasilensis var hookeriana drawing good; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Orchids of the High Mountain Atlantic Rainforest in SE Brazil Warren & Miller 1994; Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and Its Orchids Rio de Janiero Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehawer 2008 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of French Guiana Szlachetko, Veyret & etal 2012 as Evelyna brasilensis drawing good; Orquidees du Bresil As Orquideas da Serra do Castelo Espirito Santo Brasil Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide
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